| 释义 |
stiltified, a. Not in dignified use.|ˈstɪltɪfaɪd|
[f. stilt n. or v. + -ify + -ed1.]
= stilted 2.
1820Byron To Murray 7 June, Mrs. Hemans is a poet..too stiltified and apostrophic. 1830Fraser's Mag. I. 241 High-wrought romance and stiltified language. 1887C. C. R. Minora Carmina 249, I care not for tragedy's stiltified ways.
So ˈstiltify v. trans. = stilt v. 1.
1860C. Reade Cloister & Hearth lxv. (1896) 201 Skinny dwarfs..cushioned and stiltified into great fat giants. |